Scottish Government

Annex A Cycling Action Plan for Scotland ( CAPS) Consultation

Responding to this consultation paper

We are inviting written responses to this consultation paper by 20 August 2009. Please send your response to:

CyclingActionPlanforScotland@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

or to

Karen Furey

Please indicate in your response which questions or part of the consultation paper you are responding to as this will aid our analysis of the responses received.

If you have any queries on the content of the consultative draft or the consultation process please contact Karen Furey ( karen.furey@scotland.gsi.gov.uk) on 0131 244 4074.

Handling your response

We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and whether you are happy for your response to be made public. Please complete and return the Respondent Information Form included with this consultation paper as this will ensure we treat your response appropriately. If you ask for your response not to be published we will regard it as confidential, and we will treat it accordingly.

All respondents should be aware of that the Scottish Government is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and would therefore have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

Publishing responses

Where respondents have given permission for their response to be made public, these will be made available to the public in the Scottish Government Library within 6 weeks of the close of the consultation and on the SEconsult web pages within 6 weeks of the close of the consultation. Where agreement to publish has been given, we will check all responses for any potentially defamatory material before logging them on the website. You can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the Scottish Government Library on 0131 244 4556. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.

What happens next?

Following the closing date, all responses will be analysed and considered along with any other available evidence to help us reach a decision on the shape of the final CAPS.

Comments and complaints

If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to Karen Furey ( karen.furey@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or the Scottish Government, Transport Directorate, Sustainable Transport Team, Area 2-D (North), Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ)

Consultation Response Form on Cycling Action Plan for Scotland

Planning and Design for Cyclists

Q1. Are there any actions or activities on planning and design that are missing and that would encourage you to cycle more often?

Q2. How do we achieve these actions effectively? Who is best placed to deliver these changes?

Day to Day Cycling

Q3. Would an improvement in local facilities for cycling encourage you to cycle more often? If not, what else could be done to change your mind?

Q4. How do we achieve these actions effectively? Who is best placed to deliver these changes?

Encouragement and Incentives

Q5. If your employer introduced the Bike to Work Scheme would this encourage you to take up cycling? What else could your employer do to encourage you to cycle?

Q6. Did you know that the route you drive to work may not be the same route you would use if you were cycling? Would free local maps encourage you to cycle? What other information do you think is missing?

Q7. Would you use a public bike hire scheme in your town or city such as those running successfully in Paris and Munich? See this link for answers to 33 important questions on how the scheme works. http://www.scribd.com/doc/361657/The-Velib-in-Paris33-questions

Q8. Which organisation/s in your opinion are best placed to deliver the actions in this section?

Legal Powers

Q9. Should the liability laws be changed to give cyclists (and pedestrians) more protection? If so, how?

Q10. Should all road users pay road tax? If so, how much should it be for cyclists and how could it be enforced?

Q11. Should current powers of enforcement be better used? If so, which ones and how?

Q12. Should local authorities make greater use of their powers to re-determine the use of roads which are footways/pathways to create cycle tracks which can be used by both cyclists and pedestrians, where it is suitable to do so? Would this encourage you to cycle more?

Q13. Who is best placed to deliver these changes?

Please continue any answers on a separate sheet of A4 as required.

Responses can be returned via email to CyclingActionPlanforScotland@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

or posted to

RESPONDENT INFORMATION FORM: CONSULTATION ON THE CYCLING ACTION PLAN FOR SCOTLAND

Please complete the details below and return it with your response. This will help ensure we handle your response appropriately. Thank you for your help.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES QUESTIONNAIRE

This Equal Opportunities Questionnaire is requested in order that the Scottish Government can build an accurate picture of the make-up and diversity of the people that our Cycling Action Plan for Scotland ( CAPS) will impact on, and to ensure that the in which we carry put our consultations is inclusive and not unwittingly discriminatory. If you have responded to this consultation as an individual, it would be helpful if you could complete this form. This information is only used for this purpose. If you have a disability that requires us to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to complete this form, please notify us.